EUGENE, Ore. (ABC4 Sports) – – Ben Barton was crowned the decathlon national champion, the first BYU champion in the multi-event in more than 45 years on the second day of the NCAA Outdoor National Championships at Hayward Field Thursday. The senior, competing in his final season in a Cougar uniform, ended with 8169 points, the second most in BYU history just behind Tito Stiener’s national title performance in 1981.